U23 World League

中国国家足球场
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) 任海延 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Kaleva Villanen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antero Conde went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Xavier Marinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Kaleva Villanen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Miguel Prod'Homme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 任海延 in the 15th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Xavier Marinho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Suprs Academia's supporters rose to their feet, but Xavier Marinho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kaleva Villanen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Suprs Academia booed when 中国国家联合足球队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. 龚鸿榕 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kaleva Villanen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xavier Marinho's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. In the 28th minute, Gonsalvo Ramos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kaleva Villanen was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. 傅坚远 hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. After 38 minutes of play, Suprs Academia's Plácido Bulhosa made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kaleva Villanen was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to 中国国家联合足球队 getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. 顾天伟 hit a great ball. 46 minutes into the match, 中国国家联合足球队's goal looked a bit too open when Xavier Marinho came free, but Kaleva Villanen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 47 played minutes Suprs Academia got a freekick which was hit by Leal Neto. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Xavier Marinho to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to 中国国家联合足球队 getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. 顾天伟 hit a great ball. With a little luck, 中国国家联合足球队's Kaleva Villanen got control of the ball when Xavier Marinho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Miguel Prod'Homme showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 任海延, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. The supporters of Suprs Academia booed when 中国国家联合足球队 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. 董凡飞 didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xavier Marinho was extremely unlucky when he, in the 59th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 任海延 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kaleva Villanen made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Xavier Marinho sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, 中国国家联合足球队's 潘兴益 got a free kick in the 69th minute. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Xavier Marinho took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Kaleva Villanen to make any attempt to save it. In the 73rd match minute, Suprs Academia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexandre Pessoa to maneuver through the defense. Xavier Marinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gonsalvo Ramos kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Marinho in the 80th minute of play forced 中国国家联合足球队's goalkeeper Kaleva Villanen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 董凡飞 hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Kaleva Villanen made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when José Neves sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Suprs Academia's zone, 苏国晨 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Miguel Prod'Homme came out of the goal and 苏国晨 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 88 minutes, Xavier Marinho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Suprs Academia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xavier Marinho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 90th match minute, Suprs Academia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leal Neto to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Suprs Academia's zone, 潘兴益 stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Miguel Prod'Homme came out of the goal and 潘兴益 tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Xavier Marinho in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kaleva Villanen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Neves in the 94th minute of play forced 中国国家联合足球队's goalkeeper Kaleva Villanen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Suprs Academia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Leal Neto in the 95th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Gonsalvo Ramos heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Suprs Academia's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.